Embrace Your Geekiness
John and I have had a year – it’s been good and bad, definitely busy. Today is a reminder to continue to dwell on the things that are good in life – my husband (hahaha – I still can’t say that without thinking it’s weird), my amazing family, good Christmas songs that I play a …
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Some of you may have noticed that I stopped posting design challenges last week. I seriously thought I could create something extra every day for a year, but once I got to thirty, I decided to take a break. The idea behind creating one extra design a day (I say extra because my career as …
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This is a problem I’m having to figure out for a project – how to convey a bunch of information for a class (student review/response, student work, sign up button) in a space that won’t take up a whole page to either get someone to click through to more information, or even better, to just …
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When I was little, my grandpa bought this movie from a discount bin called My Neighbor Totoro. If you haven’t seen it, the story starts with a family moving into a ‘new’ home. It’s old, rickety and to me, full of charm. I fell in love with the architecture, the shoji (those Japanese sliding doors …
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One of my all-time-favorite songs by the Gregory Brothers/Schmoyoho is the Can’t Hug Every Cat video (or maybe just favorite song in general). So inspirational! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4&w=420&h=315] Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainepix/2765614999/
The next place John and I would really like to see is Banff National Park in western Canada. We’ve had a strange obsession with Canada lately – joking about moving there, even lingering a little too long in Canada at Epcot. This was one of the places we seriously considered for our honeymoon but I …
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They were putting up snowflake lights on the streets where I work today.
I found this quote the other day and I was all, “Man, I could totally see that quote overlaying some mountain climber. How inspirational!” If at some point you don’t ask yourself, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ then you’re not doing it right. Then today, I start thinking about what kind of photo could …
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John and I have been thinking about traveling a lot lately. My bucket list is pretty much all travel-related. On our honeymoon, we’ll be visiting a few places in California, including the Redwood National Forest. My parents took me here when I was a wee babe and of course I don’t remember. It’s always been …
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If you live in the Orlando area and have never been to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, you should make a trip out. It’s only $5 to get in and they have all kinds of raptors – owls, hawks, falcons, eagles. I easily spend more than an hour there. When you visit, they …
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